This e-mail thread also provides insight into thinking of CUSD staff regarding safety. In fact, I see no mention of it.
The document further supports that fact that Dr. Fitzgerald's appearance at the August 11 Board meeting was unexpected.
"She will be out of town tomorrow through the weekend to attend [redacted] services and wasn't planning on returning Monday unless we specifically need her to attend the meeting. While she has graciously offered to attend, I think it would be unreasonable to ask her to cut short a family trip of this nature. We would have to let her know today if we need her there."How easily something so innocent becomes so political in the absence of an explanation from those involved!
Notice, if you will, that Dr. Fitzgerald's response to Trustees, dated July 31, was not actually sent to Trustees until August 6. Why would staff delay delivering this information to Trustees?
Lastly, a critical piece of information has not surfaced:
"Also, Greg is preparing a memo for you regarding liability questions which were raised previously."Where is this memo?
If it was provided to Trustees in closed session, it may be a Brown Act violation. If not, I would call on CUSD to publish this memo on their website alongside the analysis.
I recall that Mr. Carter and Mr. Bergman promised that this entire subject would be handled "transparently", and in "public session". What happened to this commitment?
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Is this the same Fred Yeager who was a pal of Dave Doomey? He is the guy at CDE who overrode the site selection administrator that didn't want to approve SJHHS as a site. Yeager's office is the focus of C.A.S.H.'s $500K+ a year lobbying efforts. Yeager liked the first analysis well enough. The district's legal adviser and pipeline expert are also C.A.S.H. members. You can bet they all have "a vested interest in working collaboratively"!
It is very troubling that with all the discussions of analysis, acceptance, liability and other bureaucratic jargon, there is no mention of safety for the students and staff. That seems to have been forgotten completely.
Unless there are two Fred Yeagers near the top of the heap at CDE, then this would be the same Fred Yeager who is pals with Doomey and who approved the several unsafe/unhealthy/environmentally questionable conditions at SJHHS despite questions to the contrary.
...which is what bothers me most about this whole process. Carter, Bergman, Yeager and even their "hired gun" seem to be in the business of self-enrichment and protection of their business interests, rather than the job they are presumably paid to do, which is at least in part to insure the health and safety of students - not bureaucrats.
What is on display here is exactly the kind of "me first" mentality that is contributing to the decline in quality of public education.
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I have no personal knowledge of a relationship between Mr. Yeager and Mr. Doomey. It appears to be true that Mr. Yeager was instrumental in approving the SJHHS site. His signature appears in several places on the site approval documents and other documents obtained through Public Records Act requests.
I have previously written about C.A.S.H. in these pages. This organization extensively lobbies the CDE, especially the Facilities division, and Mr. Yeager is the senior Deputy Director of that division.
At the time that all of the weirdness re SJHHS transpired, Dave Doomey was President of C.A.S.H.
Whether the "vested interest" is money or reputation, it is fair to say that the CDE Facilities division had an significant responsibility in oversight of the decisions regarding the school.
Given the present situation, one can only conclude that this oversight did not occur.
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